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To Be More Creative, Maybe Take More Showers
"The sudden flashes of insight we have in states of meditative distraction—showering, pulling weeds in the garden, driving home from work—often elude our conscious mind...
Can John Mulaney Save The Late-Night Emmys?
“The late-night categories are some of the most dynastic in Emmys history, but every reign has to end some time, and The Daily Show’s has...
Boston’s Cultural Institutions Face Climate Change Head-On
At the Gardner, it’s not easy to meet the city’s climate goals: “The building is strictly governed by Stewart Gardner’s will, which requires each gallery...
How Kathy Bates Became A Star
"When Daniel Day-Lewis read the name of Kathy Bates, there was some surprise in the Shrine Civic Auditorium. In the 1990 race to win the...
Why Fix Things When You Can Simply Shutter Your University Museum And Dismiss Its...
That’s what’s happening in Indiana, where "Valparaiso University has shuttered the Brauer Museum of Art and dismissed its director, Jonathan Canning, amid ongoing controversy...
The Other Most Important Music Event Of 1969
It took place the month after Woodstock, and it was in Toronto, but “the performances by each of the rock pioneers floored the young...
Between Netflix And TikTok, Comedy Is Booming
But comedians are exhausted. - CBC
What Happened When Writer Anita Desai Left India
She learned “to express my thoughts and opinions. I wasn’t used to that. I was never asked my opinion in India; I just kept...
Eric Hazan, Publisher And Historian Of France’s Left, Has Died At 87
Though his publishing house has a massive influence, his histories of Paris may be more lasting. “Hazan’s passion derived in part from his despair...
If An LGBTQIA Book Is Banned Anywhere, This Bookstore Will Send The Book For...
“In an effort calls ‘Books Not Bans,’ she sends titles about queer history, sexuality, romance and more — many of which are increasingly...
Banksy Sets, Or Maybe Starts, A Work Of Art During A Band’s Set At...
“As the raft bobbed its way across the many thousands at the Other stage, the band played the song 'Danny Nedelko,' which features lyrics...
Indie Horror Movies Aren’t Enough Anymore
Why is Blumhouse, so successful with horror flicks like M3gan, starting up a game division? Well … “It’s not just potential revenue. … It’s...
How The World’s Richest Man Is Driving His Newspaper Into A Self-Inflicted Crisis
“For years, it was sacrilege at the Post to speak ill of Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon who rescued the paper in 2013.” But...
Super-Cheap Gadgets Are Coming For Everything We Use And Love
“Cross-border commerce platforms have suffered from the (correct!) perception that much of what they sell will end up in a landfill within a year...
What Eddie Murphy Has Done, And What He Still Wants To Do
“Murphy has been so famous for so long, occupying such a lofty place in the cultural landscape, that it can be easy to overlook...
Carrie Yamaoka Isn’t An ‘Emerging’ Artist Anymore
The founding member of queer art collective fierce pussy, which had a show in Paris last year, says, “I don’t want a seat at...
Bay Area’s Throckmorton Theatre Goes Up For Sale
This could go well, or it could go very wrong: “The building spans 9,300 square feet and includes the Throckmorton Theatre, which currently serves as...
Morgan Freeman Says AI Imitations Of His Voice Are Scams
The 87-year-old actor, whose voiceover narrations are popular among a movie crowd trained on March of the Penguins, also thanked his fans for calling...
One Man Who Helped Invent Generative AI Wants To Save It From Big Tech
“An open source approach, perhaps with the micropayment system Polosukhin envisions, might provide a way to resolve the tough intellectual property crisis that AI...
Remember Redbox? It’s Dying
In another blow to physical media, Redbox's owner just filed for bankruptcy protection. Why? “The company hasn’t paid employees in over a week and...
Somehow, In 2024, It’s Still ‘Experimental’ To Add Music By Women To Concerts
In Berlin, “although every program booklet had a portrait of a female composer on its cover, her piece was usually a small fraction of...
New Zealand’s Quirkiest Architect
Roger Walker says that in many cases, he was just reacting to the fact that so many houses looked essentially the same. Why not...
An Iowa State Senator Has Been Telling School Districts To Use A Hate Group’s...
Iowa’s censorship law has been suspended under appeal. And while there is no list “designated for schools to determine whether or not materials are...
An Appreciation Of Comedian, Actor, Musician, And Painter Martin Mull
Mull, who died Thursday at age 80, "was a comfortingly disquieting presence -- deceptively normal, even bland, but with a spark of evil” in...
Leonora Carrington Is Finally Getting Her Due
“Her concerns – unusual and even eccentric in her own times – are now ubiquitous. Ecology, feminism, the interconnectedness of all life forms, spirituality...